"It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their……" — Oscar Wilde

"It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their souls' before they die. 'Nothing is more rare in any man', says Emerson, 'than an act of his own.' It is quite true. Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their life is a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

— Oscar Wilde

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